US Patent Issued to BALL on May 6 for "Method for forming a curl and a threaded metallic container including the same" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,371, issued on May 6, was assigned to BALL Corp. (Westminster, Colo.).

"Method for forming a curl and a threaded metallic container including the same" was invented by Cedric Fanton (Lyons, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metallic container includes a body with a bottom and a neck. The neck includes a thread profile, a curl, and a curl transition between the thread profile and the curl. The curl defines an opening. The thread profile of the neck is configured to receive a corresponding thread profile of a reusable closure when the reusable closure is coupled to the neck. The curl is configured to engage with an insert positio...